Abstract: [Object] An electric valve control device capable of preventing a start delay of an electric valve control (an opening degree control) by shortening a waiting period of a system control device and an electric valve device including the same are provided. [Solving Means] An electric valve control device 11 outputs a signal indicating an end or an interruption of an initialization operation to an air conditioner ECU 16 after the initialization operation of the electric valve 9 ends or is interrupted.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus forms an image on a sheet, and includes: a rotator used to form the image; a motor that drives the rotator rotationally; a current measurer that measures motor current flowing through a current-carrying path including a winding of the motor, at measurement timing that is timing after the motor starts up; a torque acquirer that acquires a torque value of the motor based on a measured value of the motor current; and a corrector that performs correction for cancellation of an amount of error based on one or both of a variation in characteristic corresponding to motor speed of the motor and a variation in characteristic corresponding to the motor current at the measurement timing, at the acquisition of the torque value by the torque acquirer.

Abstract: An information presentation apparatus is provided. A light emission device and a HCU are mounted on a vehicle as the information presentation apparatus. The light emission device is arranged on an instrument panel, and displays at least one light emission spot in a linear light emission area arranged to extend in a width direction of the vehicle. The HCU acquires monitoring information including at least position information of the risk target detected by the peripheral monitoring device, and calculates a risk level of the risk target, detected in a traveling direction of the vehicle, based on the monitoring information. When detecting a plurality of the risk targets, the HCU selects one of the risk targets having a highest risk level as a highest risk target, and displays the light emission spot, indicative of a direction of the highest risk target, in the linear light emission area.

Abstract: A driving assistance device that performs a notification process for notifying a driver of a risk of a collision with a preceding vehicle in cooperation with a notification device includes: an inter-vehicular distance acquisition section that successively acquires an inter-vehicular distance; a first index calculator that calculates a first risk index indicating a degree of the risk of the collision based on a traveling speed and the inter-vehicular distance; a second index calculator that successively calculates a second risk index based on a relative speed between the own vehicle and the preceding vehicle; a notification level determination section that successively determines a notification level indicating a strength of notification for notifying the risk of the collision, based on the first risk index and the second risk index; and a notification processor that performs the notification process in a notification mode corresponding to the notification level.

Abstract: A biological component adhesion-suppressing material includes a substrate provided with a functional layer having, fixed on a surface thereof that comes into contact with a biological component, a polymer including a saturated aliphatic monocarboxylic acid vinyl ester unit, wherein: when compositional analysis is performed on the surface of the functional layer using a TOF-SIMS device, the number of carbon atoms in an aliphatic chain representing an ion signal detected for saturated aliphatic carboxylic acid is 2-20; and an XPS measurement taken of the surface of the functional layer shows a peak derived from an ester group.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus has a pad type fixing device in which a lubricant is interposed between a fixing belt for heating a sheet and a pad for holding the fixing belt, and includes: a controller that controls a heater of the fixing belt to maintain a fixing temperature to be set in accordance with printing modes, at a set temperature; an acquisitor that acquires torque of a motor for rotating the fixing belt as acquired torque for each of the set temperatures; a transition predictor that predicts transition of the torque of the motor for each of the set temperatures based on the acquired torque; and a point predictor that predicts a point at which at least two transition curves based on the predicted transition intersect each other as a torque rise point at which the torque of the motor starts rising due to a decrease in the lubricant.

Abstract: A scroll compressor includes a pillar-shaped member that is inserted into a scroll-side engagement section formed on a stationary scroll. A lower end-face of an engagement section between the pillar-shaped member and the scroll-side engagement section is located above a lap end-face of a stationary spiral lap.

Abstract: A scroll compressor according to the present invention includes a partition plate that partitions a sealed container into a high-pressure space and a low-pressure space, a fixed scroll adjacent to the partition plate, a orbiting scroll, a rotation restrictor, and a main bearing. The sealed scroll compressor further includes a pillar member having a lower end portion secured in a bearing-side engagement portion provided in the main bearing, and an upper end portion inserted in a scroll-side engagement portion provided in the fixed scroll. The axial distance from the upper end portion of the pillar member to the partition plate is smaller than the length by which the pillar member and the bearing-side engagement portion are coupled together.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus forms an image on a sheet, and includes: a rotator used to form the image; a motor that drives the rotator rotationally; a current measurer that measures motor current flowing through a current-carrying path including a winding of the motor, at measurement timing that is timing after the motor starts up; a torque acquirer that acquires a torque value of the motor based on a measured value of the motor current; and a corrector that performs correction for cancellation of an amount of error based on one or both of a variation in characteristic corresponding to motor speed of the motor and a variation in characteristic corresponding to the motor current at the measurement timing, at the acquisition of the torque value by the torque acquirer.

Abstract: To provide an electric valve control device capable of preventing a delay at the time of starting a control of an electric valve by shortening a standby time of an air conditioner or the like when power is input again or a sleep mode is cancelled and an electric valve device including the same. After receiving a power-off signal predicting a power-off operation of an electric valve 9 or a sleep transition signal predicting a sleep mode transition operation thereof from an outside, (current) valve opening degree information at the time of stopping an operation of the electric valve 9 is stored in an EEPROM (a nonvolatile storage unit) 11c. At the time of inputting power again or cancelling a sleep mode, the current (immediately precedent) valve opening degree information stored in the EEPROM 11c is read from the EEPROM 11c to resume a control of the electric valve 9.

Abstract: Forward tilting of a seat back and pushing of the seat forward allow fixation between an upper slide and an upper slide rail to be released, thereby allowing the upper slide to reach a tip end position of the upper slide rail. With this structure, a lower lock mechanism releases fixation of a lower slide to a lower slide rail and a vertical slide lock mechanism fixes the upper slide and the lower slide. Further, pushing the seat back toward a seat front side allows the lower slide integrally provided with the upper slide to move to a tip end position of the lower slide rail.

Abstract: A cushion pan for a seat cushion is formed from a metal sheet and the cushion pan includes: an outer frame section that is formed in a frame shape in a seat plan view, a pair of mutually opposing sides of the outer frame section each including a horizontal portion with a respective thickness direction along a seat up-down direction; a pair of side plate portions that extend toward one side in the seat up-down direction from facing end portions of the pair of horizontal portions; and a plate spring portion having a flat plate shape bridging between ends of the pair of side plate portions on an opposite side of the side plate portions from the pair of horizontal portions.

Abstract: A conductive path with noise filter that enables an effective reduction in a surge noise in a specific frequency band is provided. A conductive path with noise filter includes conductive path main bodies, insulating layers that respectively surround the conductive path main bodies, conductive layers that are respectively provided to correspond to the conductive path main bodies with the insulating layers being sandwiched between the conductive layers and the conductive path main bodies and that respectively form capacitors in combination with the conductive path main bodies, and inductors connected to the conductive layers.

Abstract: A method, computer program product, and system includes a processor(s) obtaining, during runtime, from a compiler, two versions of a data parallel loop for an operation. The host computing system comprises includes a CPU and a GPU is accessible to the host. The processor(s) online profiles the two versions by asynchronously executing the first version, in a profile mode, with the GPU and executing the second version, in the profile mode, with the CPU. The processor(s) generates execution times for the first version and the second version. The processor(s) stores the executions times and performance data in a storage, where the performance data comprises a size of the data parallel loop for the operation. The processor(s) update a regression model(s) to predict performance numbers for a process of an unknown loop size. The processor(s) execute the operation with the CPU or the GPU based on the performance data.

Abstract: A method, computer program product, and system includes a processor(s) obtaining, during runtime, from a compiler, two versions of a data parallel loop for an operation. The host computing system comprises includes a CPU and a GPU is accessible to the host. The processor(s) online profiles the two versions by asynchronously executing the first version, in a profile mode, with the GPU and executing the second version, in the profile mode, with the CPU. The processor(s) generates execution times for the first version and the second version. The processor(s) stores the executions times and performance data in a storage, where the performance data comprises a size of the data parallel loop for the operation. The processor(s) update a regression model(s) to predict performance numbers for a process of an unknown loop size. The processor(s) execute the operation with the CPU or the GPU based on the performance data.

Abstract: An image forming device includes: a conductive roller that abuts an image carrier to rotate; a power supply circuit that applies voltage to the roller; a controller that controls the power supply circuit so as to apply the voltage to the roller over a predetermined detection period in a state in which the image carrier and the roller are rotated; a detection value acquirer that acquires a detection value acquired by the application of the voltage indicating a state of the image carrier in the detection period; and a state detector that detects a state of the image carrier on the basis of a plurality of acquired detection values, wherein a length of the detection period is set to a length at which both the numbers of rotations of the image carrier and the roller from a start of the detection period are integers.

Abstract: A driving assistance device that performs a notification process for notifying a driver of a risk of a collision with a preceding vehicle in cooperation with a notification device includes: an inter-vehicular distance acquisition section that successively acquires an inter-vehicular distance; a first index calculator that calculates a first risk index indicating a degree of the risk of the collision based on a traveling speed and the inter-vehicular distance; a second index calculator that successively calculates a second risk index based on a relative speed between the own vehicle and the preceding vehicle; a notification level determination section that successively determines a notification level indicating a strength of notification for notifying the risk of the collision, based on the first risk index and the second risk index; and a notification processor that performs the notification process in a notification mode corresponding to the notification level.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores computer-readable instructions that are executable by a processor coupled with an information processing device. The information processing device includes a physical communication interface including a first logical interface and a second logical interface.

Abstract: A scroll compressor includes partition plate (20) that partitions an inside of sealed container (10) into high-pressure space (11) and low-pressure space (12), and fixed scroll (30) adjacent to partition plate (20). The scroll compressor includes orbiting scroll (40) that meshes with fixed scroll (30) to form compression chamber (50), rotation restrictor (90) that prevents rotation of orbiting scroll (40), and main bearing (60) that supports orbiting scroll (40). Fixed scroll (30), orbiting scroll (40), rotation restrictor (90), and main bearing (60) are disposed in low-pressure space (12), and fixed scroll (30) and orbiting scroll (40) are disposed between partition plate (20) and main bearing (60). The scroll compressor includes bearing coupler (102) provided in main bearing (60), scroll coupler (101) provided in fixed scroll (30), and pillar member (100) having a lower end and an upper end, the lower end being inserted in bearing coupler (102) and the upper end being inserted in scroll coupler (101).

Abstract: A copolymer is capable of being immobilized on a base material while maintaining a high antithrombotic property persistently without having to introduce heparin or an anticoagulant drug to the surface thereof. The copolymer includes monomer unit A, monomer unit B, and monomer unit C, wherein monomer unit C has a mole fraction of 0.5-40% with respect to the total amount of all constituent monomer units.